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Up-and-coming Puerto Rican lightweight Felix Verdejo looks to have all the tools for success and an entire nation is expecting big things from him, including a certain superstar with the same first name.

From the pages of THE RING Magazine: Felix “Tito” Trinidad, perhaps the most popular fighter to ever emerge from the fertile island of Puerto Rico, will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on June 9, 2014.

Danny Garcia had to fight tooth and nail, but he managed to pull out a majority decision against rugged Mauricio Herrera to retain THE RING, WBC and WBA 140-pound belts before a vocal and partisan crowd in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on Saturday.

Middleweight champ Sergio Martinez and challenger Miguel Cotto took to the stage in Puerto Rico to promote their June 7 fight at Madison Square Garden, with the hometown crowd firmly behind Cotto’s bid to win a world title.

Puerto Rico has no reigning boxing world titleholders but RING junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia says he’s “a proud Puerto Rican” in advance of his March 15 defense against Mauricio Herrera. His father, Angel Garcia, repeats that sentiment loudly for all to hear.

Junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia and veteran challenger Mauricio Herrera will be present at a Tuesday press conference in Isla Verde Carolina, Puerto Rico for their March 15 clash in Bayamon on Showtime, Golden Boy announced on Sunday.

RING junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia spoke to RingTV about fighting in Puerto Rico on March 15 on Showtime and defending his title against Mauricio Herrera. “My blood is Puerto Rican,” Garcia said, “and I’m going to go out and fight like a Puerto Rican champion.”